Brothers Gotta Hug!!!

Eli and Emmett are such great brothers and friends. They talk and make noises together, they fight and hit each other, they play together and most of all they love each other!!!

One arm brother hug.

Awe, hugging for the camera.

Emmett is using two arms and leaning away like he is trying to pick Eli up!!

Vati's 60th!

After our Anniversary we spent the night in Durham and celebrated Vati's 60th birthday! We had a yummy Bar-B-Que lunch out and then we all gave him his gift, a new bench for his pond.

The birthday boy.

A cute pic of Paige playing with a ball.

Vati and Mutti on the new bench.

Old man and (most of) his grandkids.

A cute pic of Alison and Paige.

6 Years!!!

We celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary with an awesome day of rock climbing!!! Alison watched the boys and even took them and Doc to Durham for us while Andrea and I went to Pilot Mountain State Park. The weather was cold and rainy but it was awesome; no crowds, all routes were open and we got to "climb" with little embarrassment :-) It was such a fun way to spend our anniversary with my adventure partner!!!

Perfect day: Chick-fil-a breakfast and coffee, cold enough to wear my North Face 1/4 zip, and on our way to rock climb!!!

Andrea ready for a rappel.... did I mention she is not a big fan of heights...

Partway down, she did great!!

Now climbing up.

Me climbing up...

Rappelling down.

On another rappel.

We climbed very easy routes and realized exactly how out of shape we are!! It was a lot of fun. After Pilot Mountain we had a fun dinner at Chili's and got to spend a little time with the Bakers before heading to Durham to celebrate Andrea's dad's 60th B-Day.

Cute Boys

These are some cute pics of the boys reading a new book from Grandma Gwinn and wearing new shirts from Grandma Mutti.

Snuggles

My parents came for a visit in mid-September and this is the only picture from their stay. Emmett was being super cuddly with grandpa one morning. Emmett is much more of a cuddler than Eli was!

Eli goes to the Dentist

This is not Eli's first trip to the dentist but it was his first trip when anything got done. Last time he sat in the chair and looked at the tools and such but that is it. This time he had his teeth cleaned and a fluoride treatment. He did so good!! The Dentist and hygienist both raved about how well he did and the Dentist even said he may have been the best 3 year old he had ever had!!!

Eli getting a cleaning.

He remembered and requested sun glasses like on his first trip!

Fluoride treatment.

Museum of Life and Science

Shortly after Labor Day we spent a couple of days in Durham hanging out and going to the dentist. One of the days we went to the Museum of Life and Science. Andrea had not been in a long time and this was mine and the boys first trip. I was really surprised at the quality and quantity of exhibits and activities, it is a great museum! We went with Laura and her girls and Carla and one of her girls; the boys and I were really out numbered! After our morning at the museum we were able to meet the other two hubbies, Jon and Austin, at Chick-fil-a!! It was a very fun day!

Emma in the butterfly house.

One of the many butterflies.

The gang. I think it is funny that Laura and Carla are on their phones. This is the only time I saw them on the phones, they were trying to get in touch with their husbands to set up our Chick-fil-a meeting.